Use the graphic map scale (in nautical miles [NM]) to estimate the distance from the center of the storm south of Chicago (at 40° N, 90° W) to the east coast of the United States (measure along the 40th parallel).





What will be an ideal response?

________ nautical miles


about 700

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It is believed that the first domestication of crops and animals coincided with ________

A) climate change B) scarcity of deer C) overpopulation D) deforestation E) outbreak of disease

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Which stage of the epidemiological transition is known as the stage of "pestilence and famine"?

A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stage 5

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Contact freezing is

a. ?the freezing of supercooled droplets by contact with a nucleus. b. ?the sticking together of ice crystals to make a snowflake. c. ?the joining of many nuclei to form an ice nucleus. d. ?the freezing of supercooled droplets when they come into contact with a supercooled surface. e. ?the sticking together of any type of nucleus.

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The most common ice crystal shape is

a. graupel. b. dendrite. c. rime. d. virga. e. a pentagon.

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